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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8269041, member: 26430"]Well, a lot of 12hr'ed coins lately! (Even 24hr'ed!) If I hadn't just done so a few round ago, I'd have posted my 12hr'ed New Style Athens as a "cleaned coin that's getting its groove back" (I really wish someone hadn't cleaned/dipped it to remove old toning between M&M 40 in 2014 and HJB 215 in 2019, but it's doing okay now).</p><p>[ATTACH]1459288[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So how about something different:</p><p><br /></p><p>A "Hannibal" 1/4 Shekel:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459289[/ATTACH]</p><p>Yes, I think it's probably a "disguised portrait" of Hannibal, AKA Herakles-Melqart "with the features of" Hannibal. I'm even fine saying both the Melqart-Herakles with club AND the bare headed male (with horse reverse not elephant) are the same guy on silver coins of this period.</p><p>[ATTACH]1459294[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NEXT: Another "Disguised Portrait" (i.e., deity/etc.-with-the-features-of), you decide if a <b>possible or certain or unlikely one.</b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8269041, member: 26430"]Well, a lot of 12hr'ed coins lately! (Even 24hr'ed!) If I hadn't just done so a few round ago, I'd have posted my 12hr'ed New Style Athens as a "cleaned coin that's getting its groove back" (I really wish someone hadn't cleaned/dipped it to remove old toning between M&M 40 in 2014 and HJB 215 in 2019, but it's doing okay now). [ATTACH]1459288[/ATTACH] So how about something different: A "Hannibal" 1/4 Shekel: [ATTACH=full]1459289[/ATTACH] Yes, I think it's probably a "disguised portrait" of Hannibal, AKA Herakles-Melqart "with the features of" Hannibal. I'm even fine saying both the Melqart-Herakles with club AND the bare headed male (with horse reverse not elephant) are the same guy on silver coins of this period. [ATTACH]1459294[/ATTACH] [B]NEXT: Another "Disguised Portrait" (i.e., deity/etc.-with-the-features-of), you decide if a [B]possible or certain or unlikely one.[/B][/B][/QUOTE]
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